In her short life, the author of the Vindications achieved unprecedented notoriety for a woman inpublic life. She wrote fiction and travel journals, translated, edited a reader, and perhaps mostnotably for posterity, wrote both A Vindication of the Rights of Men, and A Vindications of theRights of Woman, in doing so critiquing the thought of contemporary philosophers Edmund Burke andJean-Jacques Rousseau.She was a lone early voice for both gender equality and the abolition of slavery. WhileWollstonecraft was in many respects an avant-garde figure, her portrayal of Muslims and SouthernEuropean cultures may today elicit other readings. In this light, we welcome discussions of herinfluence and her relevance in current social critique.For its 5th (Fall 2004) publication, Post-Scriptum.ORG issues a call for papers on the life andthought of Mary Wollstonecraft. In view of the Wollstonecraft's wide interests and fields ofactivity, we would encourage contributions on any of the following aspects of her life and work:

-Aesthetics (e.g. critique of the sublime)-(Auto) biography/travel writing-Social and political critique-Translation and editorship-Fiction

We welcome new and interdisciplinary approaches to her work (for example post-colonial revisionistre-readings) and will consider contributions in English, French, German and Spanish.